THE streets of Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town were flooded with a sea of pink when more than 20 000 runners and walkers joined forces to celebrate National Women’s Day at the Totalsports Women’s Race on Friday.

For the first time since the event’s inception in 2001, the Totalsports Women’s Race celebrated National Women’s Day on one day across three major cities.

Jenet Mbhele (Umzimkulu) was the first 10km runner to cross the finish line at the Kings Park Athletics Track in Durban.

“I was prepared to do well today. I broke away from the leading group at about the 5km mark and kept the lead. I am so happy to take first place. It has motivated me to continue doing well,” she said.

Mbhele claimed gold in an impressive 34 minutes and 51 seconds. Jenna Challenor came in second, while Janie Grundling finished third.

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